rant · moment 15 of 24
Cleaning Up the Internet Like the Old Networks Did
from No Fat Nazis · #126
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3 minTim theorizes that tech platforms are recreating the old three-network media consensus by starting bans with easy targets before expanding to silence broader dissent, citing suppressed books like 'Family of Secrets' and researchers like Russ Baker and Nick Bryant.
- 40:12Economic interconnectedness means people can't live like they used to—five miles apart farming their own land—because we're all stacked on top of each other and dependent on the Fed keeping the economy afloat.
- 41:05Tim argues the censorship push is becoming nakedly ideological, starting with indefensible figures but expanding to include any state critics and left-wing voices eventually.
- 41:49What's happening now is cleaning up the internet the same way the old three networks and major newspapers built consensus—enforcing uniformity instead of chaos.
- 42:08The definition of Nazi or fascist will keep expanding as control tightens, eventually catching people on the left and anyone who criticizes the state.
- 42:23Why would big business and governments tolerate a chaotic wild west internet when they've always controlled information through traditional media?
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